Accomack Supervisors to revisit deer dog issue

3:58 PM,
Feb. 25, 2013

Written by

Carol Vaughn
| Staff Writer

The issue of whether to continue allowing the practice of hunting deer with dogs will get another look by the Accomack County Board of Supervisors, a decade after that body last addressed it.

The board by consensus directed county attorney Mark Taylor to prepare information with a view to possibly setting a public hearing on the matter. The action came after three men spoke against dog hunting during a public comment period.

The issue generated emotionally-charged debate in 2003, when, after a crowded public hearing at which more than 30 speakers spoke, supervisors voted 4-2 to recommend ...